Hawks46":2fmd82ji said:
If you take the time from when Harvin was traded until now, Richardson has shown a steady improvment week to week.
I've read that Harvin was a pain in the ass in the WR room as well, and had most of those guys walking on egg shells. Percy had to get his targets or else.
That whole "walking on eggshells" line is the one that people say when they are around a person with Borderline Personality Disorder. In fact, with "stop", it's also the title of the #1 book for helping people deal with Borderlines in their lives.
http://www.amazon.com/Stop-Walking-Eggs ... B004DNXGFQ
The evidence and history around Percy Harvin practically screams "Borderline Personality Disorder" to me. In my personal life, I unfortunately had close personal opportunity to learn way more than I cared to about this issue. I was fortunate enough to get away without major loss of life, liberty, or property. The false allegations of violent felony crimes came as retaliation after I had already removed this person from my life with a restraining order, thus belated allegations gained no traction. I've written some other posts about this being the most likely issue with Harvin, given the trail of evidence from Harvin's past. The Harvin situation checks a lot of boxes in a lot of different areas. One tell-tale (in combination with the other history) is this, the very first marketing tagline for the book:
"Do you feel manipulated, controlled, or lied to?
Are you the focus of intense, violent, and irrational rages? Do you feel you are "walking on eggshells" to avoid the next confrontation?"
Think back to accounts of Harvin grabbing his position coach at Florida by the neck and throwing him to the ground. Think back to punching Golden Tate the night before the Super Bowl. I've no doubt there are many more we've not heard of. These are "toddler rage" incidents typical of many persons this issue.
I think Pete finally figured it out earlier this season and realized what he was dealing with in Harvin and decided even his advanced Father Flanagan skills were no match for this. The way the organization handled this issue, in jettisoning Harvin, and the strict silence around it, level of confidentiality, also point to a "mental health issue". Apparently Russell Wilson even tried to step in with leadership, "No, we can work with this...", but, thank God, Pete and John overruled that and booted Harvin. Wilson may have had *some* success in working with Percy, but the team needs Wilson's full focus on other things, without the distraction of trying to babysit Harvin.
After kicking a Borderline out of the inner circle, it's such a relief, a lifting of a heavy weight, a feeling of now things can get back to normal, we can focus again, we can get our mojo back. That's been incrementally what we've seen from the Seahawks since Harvin got booted off the island. Obviously, the Harvin situation was just one aspect, but it was a key one that had to be addressed for the team to regain their focus.
And PRich benefits greatly from this not just from the reps, but from the calm and focus in the WR meetings now that Harvin is gone.